EJ made crucial mistakes, but you could pick any other player, the foul shooting or snow birds the others missed and it is just as much their fault as E.J.'s screw ups. Win as a team, lose as a team...NO ONE gets a "pass"

guys, even if Tharpe starts... EJ is still PG #2. He's a senior and we've invested in him. Highly doubt it will change at this point. I was calling for more Rio early in the season though. I think Tharpe will be our main guy next year, and will be much improved, and we'll see more Rio.

EJ will break out of the funk, for sure. I don't think his explosive moves are coming back, for whatever injury reason, but his decision and shooting will snap back.

On a different note, how about AW3 coming into the game cold and draining that 3? Then the steal...impressive, and unexpected. HEM, myself, and others have said he needs to be getting minutes to allow him the ability to come off the bench and do just that. Surprising that he was able to come in cold with not much game experience and do that. That's at least one positive to take away from the game.

If KU is going to go far in March, it will need EJ. A much better EJ. That drives to shoot. That makes open shots. That doesn't turn the ball over. An EJ that doesn't avoid contact and gets to the line more often. We need the EJ KU was supposed to get this year.

These are young men, still learning. We just ppd down our leg and thats gonna happen with young men. A loss has been coming for sometime. We will see what kind of team this is now.
We can tank or we can come back even better.

I am a bit "olld school" in that the era of undefeated UCLA or Indiana won't happen again. This may have been the best thing that could have happened to the Jayhawks. The rest of the conference schedule is brutal BUT believe me, the taste in their mouths after not just losing, but losing at Allen Field house will reamain nasty and they DON'T LIKE it, so I expect them to snap out of this funk, still win the Big "however many there are now, maybe 10!) Twelve' for the 9th year in a row and go deep, very deep into the NCAA's, maybe even the NC! But, be assured that HCBS WILL TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM and will use this loss as an imputus for the future. Consistant improvement will be needed at all positions and no one, not even BMac or Releford will be safe from what Self will dream up. Don't worry, all will be good in the long run!

Johnson's mistakes are inexcusable for a senior. He needs to be benched the rest of the year.I think HCBS is the best coach in the country but I am stunned that he allowed Johnson to have the ball in his hands the last few seconds. JOHNSON is the reason for the team's bad play lately. Today he cost us the game!

There is a lot of people coming out of the woodwork to pile on EJ, but this isn't a knee-jerk reaction. Earlier in the week there were multiple discussions regarding EJ, whether he would get back to the level he played at last year, if he was able to run the point at a high level, etc.

Turnovers, and offensive rebounds. The game turned when OSU missed a free throw, Jeff & Kevin somehow allowed Smart to get the rebound. OSU scores, KY turns it over, OSU misses yet gets another offensive rebound and scores again. Went from being down 1 with a shot at the ball to being down 5 with 1 minute and a half left.

Everyone's raggin on our O, which admittedly didn't show up, but that guy made how many 3s? Seven? We got beat, give them some credit. They shot the ball better today, and they wanted it more than we did, on both ends, all game.